editorial
Occupy and beyond…
Much has changed since 2008. The crisis of capital presents itself to us in multiple, shifting forms; sovereign debt, food, energy, housing and the environment are all in crisis, while the date for the ‘inevitable’ recovery of growth and the return of confidence in financial markets recedes ever further into the horizon.
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Analysis
“A Vaguely Useful Thing?”- An Event Report from the Big Six Energy Bash»HENRY DAVIS takes a look at the recent Big Six Energy Bash and see’s whether it stands up to the aims the Climate Justice Collective set themselves.
labour movement
Semio-capital and the problem of solidarity»This text is based on a panel talk (together with Nina Power) by BIFO during the event ‘We Have Our Own Concept of Time and Motion’, organised by Auto Italia in collaboration with Federico Campagna, Huw Lemmey, Michael Oswell and Charlie Woolley in August 2011.
lifestyle
In Defence of Lifestyle Politics.»In the last edition of Shift Magazine, Josie Hooker and Lauren Wroe wrote an article suggesting we ought to abandon the idea of lifestyle politics. Here, MATT WILSON responds to their concerns and argues that lifestyle is a fundamental part of social change.
crisis
Reproduction. Reproduction. Reproduction: Beyond the Factory Desert»
NEIL GRAY discusses the importance of social reproduction and the city to current struggles.
Interview
An interview with John Holloway»In this interview with Shift Magazine, John Holloway talks about Open Marxism, the state, rage, and the real democracy movement.
“Real Democracy”: Interview with Michael Hardt
religion
Anarchism and British Islamism: putting things in perspective»A response by STEVEN JOHNS of libcom.org to Paul Stott’s article “British Islamism: Towards an Anarchist Response”.
antifa
Islamism – Consequence of, Heir to and Rival of Frustrated Arab Nationalism»
THE WINE AND CHEESE APPRECIATION SOCIETY OF GREATER LONDON on the links between Nationalism and Islamism in the 20th century
